Earl of Menteith

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The Mormaer or Earl of Menteith was originally the ruler of the province of Menteith in the Middle Ages. The first mormaer is usually regarded as Gille Críst, simply because he is the earliest on record. The title was held in a continuous line from Gille Crist until Muireadhach IV (aka Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany), although the male line was broken on two occasions. A truncated version of the earldom was given two years later to Malise Graham, in compensation for loss of the Earldom of Atholl.

Contents 1 List of holders 1.1 First line of mormaers/earls 1.2 Second line, from 1427 2 See also 3 References

[edit] List of holders

[edit] First line of mormaers/earls

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• Gille Críst, Earl of Menteith (d. 1189) first recorded mormaer/earl
• Muireadhach I, Earl of Menteith (d. 1213)
• Muireadhach II, Earl of Menteith (d. 1234)
• Isabella, Countess of Menteith
  • m. Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch assumed the peerage in her right.
• Mary I, Countess of Menteith
  • m.Walter "Bailloch" Stewart
• Alexander, Earl of Menteith
• Alan, Earl of Menteith
• Muireadhach III, Earl of Menteith (d. 1332)
• Mary II, Countess of Menteith
  • m. Sir John Graham assumed the peerage in her right.
• Margaret, Countess of Menteith
  • m. Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
• Muireadhach IV Stewart, Earl of Menteith, executed in 1425 and the peerages forfeited.

[edit] Second line, from 1427

• Malise Graham, 1st Earl of Menteith
• Alexander Graham, 2nd Earl of Menteith
• William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith
• John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith
• William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith
• John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith
• William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith
• William Graham, 8th Earl of Menteith, extinct or dormant after his death on 12 September 1694

[edit] See also

• Stuart-Menteth Baronets{The Stuart-Menteth Baronetcy, of Closeburn in the County of Dumfries and Mansfield in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 August 1838 for Charles Stuart-Menteth. The Stuart-Menteth family traces its descent from Walter Comyn (third son of Walter Comyn, Justiciar of Scotia), who in 1258 married Isabella, Countess of Menteith (or Menteth).}

[edit] References

• Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, Vol. VI, (Edinburgh, 1909)
• Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997), p. 52

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